The Transitions Legal Blog
How Divorce Happens
Let’s face it—no one marries with the expectation that the relationship will end. But a certain percentage of marriages do end, and so we must support people compassionately and wisely when they do. I understand how divorce happens all too well. Many factors...
Divorce Does Not Have to be Difficult
While divorce is a difficult time in a person’s life, the process of divorce does not have to be difficult. That is, if you have a good support team, from friends to your family law professionals. Having support from an understanding network can make all the...
So Many Things I’m Grateful For
With all the cataclysmic forces in the world today, I have been trying to see the smaller things that I can be grateful for. And in November, which is often a month when we stop to focus on gratitude, I want to enumerate all the things I am grateful for, in work and...
Can Politics Break a Marriage?
With the United States rapidly approaching a fraught presidential election, I’ve been wondering whether political differences can end a marriage. In all my years of practicing Family Law, I’ve never had someone come to me and say that the only reason they’re divorcing...
The New Skills in My Family Law Toolbox
I love learning, honing my skills as a Collaboratively trained family law attorney and mediator, and bringing new skills to the table! In 2024 thus far, I’ve continued to learn more about the Insight Approach to Conflict Resolution, as a curious mediator, diving...
Learning the Insight Approach to Conflict Resolution
The training to learn the Insight Approach to conflict resolution is long and involved and I’ll be honest, it’s been the most challenging skill-building for me in my entire legal career. So why do I do it? Because this approach makes me better as a Mediator, as a...